The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-01-19
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

Cker however, are as plenty us ever.
OF New York's "a aldermen, II are 81.
loon keepers.
The Louisville and Nashville strikers
have given up their contest.
1t PittSburg, Pa, yesterday, two bows
named Smith and Merit were killed while
coasting.
A Birmingham, Ala, mass meeting has
condemned the Reagan Interstate Com
mCrCc bill.
Many stage coaches arc blockadcd by
snow in Western Montana and numerous
casualties are reported.
It was falsely reported in New York
yesterday that Mayor Hewitt was dead.
lie has been ~indiSpoSCd, but is GONZALES
cling.
The Nevada Legislature yesterday elected
VIM. Nj. Stewart United States Senator by
II vote OF rs out Of 50.
An official circular has been issued pro-
hibiting the importation and circulation of
Russian troubles in Eastern Roumclia.
The Catawba river was frozen from bank
to bank at Curcton's ferry on Saturday
last.
Mr.. George W. ChildS, of the Philadcl.
phia LcdgcI', was slightly hurt Friday by
Slipping on the ice.
y collision on the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad wrecked both trains and severely
injured three persons, all railroad I'M.
ploycS.
There were three railroad wrecks re.
ported yesterday; one near Attica, N. y.
ana TWO others on the Erie road near Mid.
dlctOwn, n. Y.
Hon. James Jackson, Chief Justice of
Georgia, died yesterday evcningat 8 o'clock,
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war, ana has held many judicial positions.
San Francisco was !rocked from east to
west ut eight minutes after six Tuesday
morning by an earthquake, which lasted
seven seconds. No damage was done.
A riotous demonstration of the strikers
At Newport News late last night has caused
TN" ordering of troops to the scene. The
hllIl'arY were Ell route after midnight.
Thursday evening, AT Omidividi Lake.
near st. Johns, n. f., a number of persons
fell through the ice, and two of them,
named Whittcn and Brien, were drowned.
ID. f.. Haynes Il Co., proprietor of the
ChcSancake Pottery, made an assignment
To John i. Ammidon for the hcncf, of
creditors, The bond of the trustee is 500,
900.
Winchester, Va, has had the coolest
weather of the winter for the last two DAYS.
The thermometer indicated at sunrise YES
terday morning two degrees below zero.
The boiling Democrats in the New Jcr-
ScN Legislature have gone over to the Re.
publicans. Present indications are that the
Democrats will lose the United States Sen
atorShip.
The bill for the erection Of a public
building in Charleston has passed the
House, amended SO as to fix the amount at
S3UO,OOO for building and grounds.
I'm answer to inquiries from the East,
Governor Ireland Of Texas has written that
the distress continues ard endorses the ap.
pcals to the country for assistance.
y New York Southern Society has lust
been organized, similar in It's purpose to
the New England Society. A dinner will be
Henry WattcrSon will make speeches.
The Supreme Court of Massachusetts has
decided that sleeping car companies are re.
Sponsiblc for losses sustained by passcnrcrs
in the case of properly such as Il person
may reasonably carry.
Serious charges are made against State
Auditor Walker of Missouri. One is that
he forced n clerk in his employ to pay him
500 n month from his salary, by threat Of
dismissal.
James Miller, Il farmer, and Abel Camp.
bell, Il laborCr, while crossing the track of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in a sleigh
near Charlcstown, w. Va, yesterday, were
struck by the south bound train and both
instantly killed.
An Osyka, La, special says: Ike Brum.
ned, c0l0rcd, was hanged BY an unknown
mob Saturday night. The body was found
on Sunday. The negro resided across the
state Inc. The cause of the hanging has
not tranSpircd.
y bill has been introduced in Congress
to pay to Mrs. Eloisc T.. Luqucr, of Beau
ford, n. v, as the heir of John Howard
Payne, the author Of ''IIome, Sweet
Home, the salary Of the author as United
states consul at TuniS. The bill is cx-
pCctcd to pass.
The Rev. |. G. Ncntzcl. of Trinity Lu,h.
crnn Church, Oshkosh, Wis, has created n
sensation by preaching that Knights of La
DOR, continuing in organization, would be
expelled from the church. The KNIGHTS
are indignant, and will withdraw from
Trinity.
Prof. Ferdinand v. Hayden, an eminent
gcDlogist Of the United States GEOLOGICAL
survey, has resigned, owing, he says, To
continued i'll health, with no prospect of
permanent recovery. Prof. Hayden is the
founder of the United States Geological
survey Oh IIc territories.
The London Liberal Radical Union had
u great meeting recently. Goo Save the
Queen was Kissed down. Bradlaugh was
4 prominent figure. Every mention of
GladStonc'S name received applause. The
government was characterized as an old
pump, with the handle broken Off.
According to signal service reports Chi.
cago was the coolest place in the United
STATES Monday night. At3 o'clock that after.
noon the thermometer registered one de,
gree above, and at nine o'clock The same
night it had fallen to ten degrees, and two
hours later it registered II degrees below.
The steamer ID. l.. Tallcy, of Mobile,
struck a snag yesterday afternoon, ten
miles above Demopolis, Ala, on the Tom
BiSbcc river and sank in six feet of water.
She lies so as to block the channel at the
present stage of the water and two boats
are thereby detained above. There is a
possibility of raising her. Her value is
| %2O 900. No insurance